{"id":54531,"date":"2015-06-24T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=54531"},"modified":"2015-06-24T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T09:09:02","slug":"what-disputed-territory-gilgit-baltistan-is-part-of-pakistan-ishaq-dar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2015\/06\/24\/what-disputed-territory-gilgit-baltistan-is-part-of-pakistan-ishaq-dar\/","title":{"rendered":"What disputed territory, \u201cGilgit-Baltistan is part of Pakistan\u201d,\u00a0Ishaq Dar"},"content":{"rendered":"

RAJA ASGHAR <\/strong><\/p>\n

ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Finance Minister Ishaq Dar emphatically said in the National Assembly on Tuesday that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) were part of Pakistan and not disputed territories.<\/p>\n

The statement came when the minister referred to India\u2019s objections to the planned China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on the ground that its route passed though \u201ca disputed territory in Pakistan-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir state\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office has already rejected the Indian objection.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat disputed territory,\u201d Mr Dar angrily asked as he cited the expected economic benefits of the corridor as a \u201cgame-changer\u201d in the region and said: \u201cGilgit-Baltistan is part of Pakistan. Azad Kashmir is part of Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the 3,000km corridor, a mega project to link Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar port with Kashgar in China\u2019s north-western autonomous region of Xinjiang, will pass through the Gilgit-Baltistan region. China has pledged an investment of $46 billion for the project.<\/p>\n

Gilgit-Baltistan has always been described by Pakistani authorities as part of Pakistan, citing circumstances, which some consider equivalent to an accession, following the 1947 ouster by the local people of the territory\u2019s governor, a representative of the then Maharaja of Kashmir. The region has a special status with a Pakistan-appointed governor and a chief minister elected by its legislative assembly.<\/p>\n

Azad Jammu and Kashmir, which is overseen by Pakistan under UN resolutions on Kashmir, has its own elected president and prime minister, both elected by the region\u2019s legislative assembly.<\/p>\n

Source: Dawn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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